Instrument & Electrical Technician

INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and oil products. It comprises 15 businesses each with a major chemical company heritage. Its production network spans 65 manufacturing facilities in 16 countries throughout the world. INEOS products make a significant contribution to saving life, improving health and enhancing standards of living for people around the world. Its businesses produce the raw materials that are essential in the manufacture of a wide variety of goods: from paints to plastics, textiles to technology, and medicines to mobile phones - chemicals manufactured by INEOS enhance almost every aspect of modern life.

Business Context

Ethylene oxide (EO) is an important building block for the preparation of a wide variety of EO derivatives (EODs), including various surfactants, as well as a host of other chemical intermediates including Glycol Ethers, Polyethylene Glycols, Ethanolamines, and Alkyl Alkanolamines. 

INEOS Oxide is one of the world’s leading producers of Ethylene Oxide (EO) and Ethylene Oxide Derivatives (EODs). We currently have a total EO and EOD capacity of 920 kta spread across five different production units throughout Europe and the US. These units have leading cost economics, due to economies of scale, state-of-the-art technology, strategic locations, etc. Our EO project in the US is targeting the fast-growing merchant EO market, building on our experience and leadership position in Europe.

The I&E Technician troubleshoots and maintains operating units to drive process and product improvements. During a typical day they will maintenance equipment, PM and troubleshoot equipment. 

Job Accountabilities

SHE

• Visibly commit to, follow, practice, support and promote the INEOS 20 Principles of Process and Behavioral Safety, the INEOS Life-Saving Rules, and the Culture of Prevention on a daily basis.
• Maintain safety as the highest priority of the plant by adhering to and upholding all safety policies and standards. Stop work or the work of others as needed to address safety concerns.
• Follow all necessary safety procedures and practices to isolate, clear, and work on plant equipment.
• Perform all activities in accordance with established company, local, state, federal, and health safety, and environmental regulations and procedures.
• Ensure all maintenance activities are planned and executed in accordance with site environmental requirements.
• Identify safety improvements on all pre-existing processes. Communicate and report any deviations to job plans.
• Verify clear understanding of work scope, carefully review the type of work and potential safety or process reliability hazards.
• Take appropriate action to initiate proper safety reviews (e.g., temporary job plan, confined space, hot work, etc.) when reviewing the work scope.
• Aware of and respond to emergency protocols during shutdowns and startups.
• Work within the limit of competency and training.
• Always take the asset to its safest state when in doubt.
  

• Provide technical expertise in installation, acceptance testing, commissioning, proactive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of unit equipment.
• Execute scheduled work and complete all documentation in a timely manner in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Monitor overall program compliance for integrity programs for the asset and coordinate craftsman as required to support these programs and ensure completion prior to due date. 
• Support maintenance of asset condition per INEOS Asset Care guidelines.
• Coordinate with Asset Work Execution Supervisors on larger, more complex jobs including review of work scope with Operations, Execution Forces, Planner/Schedulers to verify clear understanding and development of timelines as needed.
• Troubleshoot failed/underperforming equipment to identify and/or eliminate root cause. 
• Serve as elevated technical resource in maintenance repair techniques for the asset. 
• Provide support to engineering project teams that install, modify, or will affect IE&A equipment in the plant.
• Follow the progress of the projects ensuring that the IE&A is installed correctly with all parameters being properly set for the desired operation.
• Respond to tasks with the appropriate sense of urgency to minimize impact to process units.
• Act as step up supervisor as needed.
• Perform other or related duties as assigned.

• High School Diploma/GED required.
• Associate’s degree from an accredited college or trade school, preferred.
• Electrical and Instrumentation designation or NCCER Electrical and Instrumentation Certification, preferred. 
• Ability to achieve NCCER certification in at least one discipline within nine (9) months of employment.
• At least 2 years of maintenance-related experience in a plant environment, preferred.
• Possess a current, valid license to operate a motor vehicle in the United States.
• Possess or able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC®).
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis without visa sponsorship (U.S. citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident).
  

• Experience with SAP Plant Maintenance or other computerized maintenance management systems.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite tools.
• Working knowledge of instrument, electrical, and analyzer standards as applied in petrochemical industry and general knowledge of various Codes (e.g. API, ASME, ANSI, NFPA, ISA).
• Working knowledge of technical documentation associated with instrument, electrical, and analyzer design and equipment.
• Demonstrated capabilities to assess work sequencing, optimize work planning, scheduling, and costing, preferred.
• Knowledge and experience in executing preventive maintenance plans.
• Demonstrated troubleshooting knowledge and analytical thinking skills using deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, problem sensitivity, and information ordering.
• Demonstrated finger dexterity to make precise coordinated finger movements on one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble small objects and demonstrated arm-hand steadiness.
• Instrumentation Experience:
• Knowledge of and experience with instrumentation installation, calibration, maintenance and troubleshooting, including the ability to read and understand P&IDs, schematics and loop drawings. Experience using HART communicator and documenting calibrator to verify settings of instruments in the field.
• Knowledge of and experience with ladder logic, control valves, HART field devices, Emerson Delta V BPCS/SIS or related DCS platforms. Familiar with the maintenance of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS).
• Knowledge of instrumentation relating to temperature, pressure, mass flow and level. Includes DP, Coriolis, Vortex, Ultrasonic, Nuclear, Radar and Magnetic instrumentation, along with associated equipment such as control valves, pneumatic and electro-pneumatic instrumentation, and valves.
• Perform normal periodic testing, calibration, and documentation of combustible gas detectors, ammonia detectors, pH and conductivity analyzer probes, and online TOC analyzers, online gas chromatographs.
• Electrical Experience:
• Knowledge of and experience of troubleshooting equipment with voltages of 15kVA and under.
• Troubleshooting skills along with the ability to read and understand P&ID, Relay Drawings, Electrical One-Lines and Loop Drawings.
• Knowledge of testing and maintenance of VFDs, transformers, large electric motors, UPS systems, low and medium voltage switchgear, low and medium voltage motor control centers, and cascade redundant UPS.
  

• Ability to demonstrate a strong working knowledge of the process and personal safety and health practices applicable in the petrochemical industry. This includes energy isolation, lockout tagout, work permitting, confined space entry, working from heights, hazard communication, lifting and hoisting, incident reporting and investigation, and MOC.
• Willing and able to wear required personal protective equipment, including fire protective clothing (FRC), goggles, face shields, gloves, steel-toed boots, hearing protection, respirators, etc., as required for the site, job, or task.
• Willing and able to work in extreme weather conditions, elevated heights (up to 130 feet) by climbing stairs and vertical ladders), and noisy environments.
• Willing and able to work with hazardous and/or flammable chemicals using proper safety precautions, training, and equipment.
• Willing and able to provide overtime coverage and be available for plant callouts.
• Willing and able to collaborate and contribute to a team setting.
• Relentlessly pursue and leverage market insights to guide strategies and make superior choices.
• Make courageous decisions to innovate and accelerate value creation.
• Optimistically focus on continual growth - pursuing superior outcomes for business & customer success.
• Have a bias for action, prioritizing issues and making sound decisions - appropriately accounting for uncertainty and risk.
• Adapt to changing market and customer opportunities quickly to deliver results in the most effective way.
• Instill trust and exemplify integrity.
• Stop work or others work as needed for safety concerns.
  

• Achieve SHE metric targets for safety and environmental incidents. Zero incidents.
• Meet or exceed plant production goals.
• Meet or exceed production supply reliability.
• AsCare, 20P, MOC/PSM, ISO compliance achieved. Zero incidents
• Meet or exceed efficiency targets. >99% reliability
• Completion of assigned action items.
• Meet compliance with EPA, GMP, DOT, and all OSHA regulations.
• Achieve plant department and personal metrics as defined in annual performance assessment.
• Meet all department annual training goals.

Our culture is one of honesty and integrity with an emphasis on safety, health and environmental performance. On our team, people are acknowledged for embracing new practices that help create real value for customers.